We are very careful with money and I have never wanted for money. I have a very poor career record and my only contribution to this condition is to stay healthy, and support the person who is better at earning money than I am. I continue to try to earn money, but clearly it is not part of karma.
The Indian Homeopathy teacher Sehgal says the the Rubric Delusion of Poverty includes, money, or any kind of feeling of fundamental lack. He includes an example of a man who says he feels he has too few years to live as a delusion of poverty.
Certainly real struggles with money are not based on such light scenarios. So I don't want to down grade that struggle. The point is money is not the only issue in poverty.
Here is my take on it. I keep a computer diary that has tags which repeat in my life. One is "fear," the other is "lack." These tags are so prominent. I can just bring up every entry with lack or fear in it and see the pattern. My approach is to simply be aware when dreams, negative emotional states, harsh words to others etc., are really repetitions of that delusion. Nothing to think about, but really important to catch the momement when I am being carried away by this delusion.
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